Members of the Ethiopian parliament have been notified to reconvene from their recess for an emergency meeting this coming Friday , according to a local news portal, Addis Standard (AS). The news was also carried by state affiliated FanaBC, which reported that the legislators are expected to report for duty as early as Tuesday this week. Addis Standard also shared a video on its social media feed that showed protests that have erupted in the Oromia town of Nekemte. It is not clear if there were causalities; & phone networks seem to have been disabled pic.twitter.com/l2rPHAAB0f — Addis Standard (@addisstandard) February 26, 2018Another resident who sent these ? Over the weekend, opposition leaders from the Oromia region were briefly detained by the authorities after they tried to address a rally in Nekemte.

Source: Ethiopian News February 26, 2018 15:56 UTC